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trample upon

Variant of trample

intransitive verb trampled, trampling

to tread heavily; tramp

Origin: ME trampelen, freq. of trampen: see tramp

transitive verb

to crush, destroy, hurt, violate, etc. by or as by treading heavily on

noun

the sound of trampling

Related Forms:

trampler noun

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